Illuminated tool



Jul 26, 1932.

c. c. TOMNE Y ILLUMINAT ED TOOL Fildmay 22, 1950 Patented July 26. 1932PATENT OFFICE y CHARLES C. TOMNEY, OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEYILLUMINA'IED TOOL Application filed m 22, 1980. Serial 1%. 454,599.

The object of the invention is to facilitate the application andmanipulation of tools,

such as screw drivers and the like, in difiicultly accessible placeswhere the light is indifferent at'best, or under conditions requiringartificial light; and more particularly to provide a tool equipped withan emergency light such as a standard flashlight adapted and arranged sothat the operator may use both hands on the tool and thus give hisentire attention to the same and to the work in hand instead of, asheretofore, attempt to work with one hand while holdin a light in theother.

.One embo iment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing where- Figure 1 is a sectional elevational view of a screwdriver constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view, the handle being shown in longitudinalsection.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of I Fig. 4 is an end view of thehandle. Referring to the drawing, the numeral 5 represents a tool shankterminating at one end in a driving bit 6, and at the other end in ayoke 7 whereby parallel arms 8 are established which adequately areanchored incor- 0 responding longitudinally ranging recesses in a handle9. By securing the shank to the handlein the manner described, I amenabled to employ a handle having an axial bore or passage 10 adapted toreceive a standard flashlight 11 in such way that its bulb 12' isdirected towards the bit of the tool, the proximate face 13 of the yokebeing beveled in order not substantially to interrupt or de-' flect thebeam of light. A shoulder 14 arrests ability of tools and also makes itpossible to use the light source of the handle while separated from thetool.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is:

A handle to provide for the removable connection of tools therewith andto provide for the illumination of such tools, said handle comprising'amember formed with an axial bore having a diameter corresponding to theexternal diameter of the conventional flashlight, the bore near one endbeing of reduced diameter to provide an interior shoulder to limitmovement of the flashlight in one dimotion, the opposite end of the borebeing circumferentially enlarged, and a washer removably secured withinsaid enlargement and having a central opening less than the diameter ofthe bore, the washer servin to cooperate with one end of the fiashlig twhen in-place in the bore to prevent separation of the flashlight fromthe handle, said handle being formed with diametrically oppositeundercut tool-receivin channels opening throughone end of the iandle andterminating short of the opposite end.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. CHARLES C. TOMNEY.

